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PAGE TWOOKLAHOMA LEADERMo. iJWalsh Charges MorganControls Rail lolicyPOLIA' AND HER PALS—Pa Produces the Proof.—BU CLIFF STERKETTNEW YORK. Nov. 8.—Wall Streetand In particular the House of Mor-gan. forced upon the railroads the la-bor policy which brought about thestrike threat, declares Frank P.Walsh In the. "Nation." The Morganinterests, Mr. Walsh specifies, actedthrough their agent. Thomas De WittCuyler, president of the Associationof Railway Executives, who holds thegreatest number of hunk director-ships of any man in the UnitedIn the same word®. It happened. Mr.Walsh continues, that a telegram wasintroduced into the record, dated onFebruary 21, 1921, signed by T. DeWitt Cuyler, and addressed to one ofthe railroads, stating: "You are re-quested to send the following tele-gram to the United States railroadlabor board."Cuyler Controlling l'oner.The telegram this railroad was"requested" to send to the laborStates, and who In nis testimony be- board wan exactly the same n* thosefore the railway labor board last uhich the board hnd received troniMarch said he was not a practical practically all the other 101 roads.railroad man and knew nothingabout the practical operation of rail-roads; despite which fact he is adirector of the Pennsylvania railroadand of half a dozen other lines.Additionally, Cuyler, Mr. Walshpoints out, Is chairman of the rail-way executives' association, which isthe final determining body as to thelabor policies of 101 railroads in theUnited States.101 Wire* All Alike.The article calls attention to therepeated denial of Cuyler before therailroad labor board that he had everIssued any orders or made any re-quest upon the individual roads ofthe country to adopt any particularlabor policy, or to take any actionwith respect to any labor matter.Then Mr. Walsh tells of the receiptby the railroad labor board of tele-grams from practically all the 101individual railroads, giving authorityto a committee of which E. T. Whiterwas chairman, to represent them be-fore the board and to resist the con-tinuation of the national agreementsand working rules.These telegrams all were couchedTheActing - PictureMachineCUT out thia •ntir®•trip, including th«acting-picture* below,then to get your Acting-Picture Machine, clipand proeent thia top partat the office of thianewspaper withonlyBy Mail 10c Extra98cCat Off H„, TheActing - Picturesbelow are one aection ofa full aet numbered I to42. Starting every Mon-day, a different aectionwill be printed in thiepaper every week-daymaking a complete pic-ture to fill your machineerery week. Cut outand save the pictureebelow. Do thia everyday or your picture willnot We complete. InaertPicturee in the Acting-icture Machine and aeethem move and act likothey are alive.' —^ THEb -*=3—/G-IsVT TON'The admission mnde by Mr. Cuy-ler," Walsh concludes, "settles be-yond all possibility of dispute thefact that the railroads of the countryare, as far as their labor policies ar<concerned, absolutely and In everydetail controlled bygroup of Wall Street through thevoice and hand of Mr. Cuyler."fW 'N Jvts. >wr3 Jurxfcf JPWTHKD) [ SOA^tM'Lt- -JFtR AAcTO \4ATCl'DEflTUYfcS. Aaid Junifcf(o\\lh. HIM *"Tut Limit*W/ T5.A\MSO*lfc_ Vfef? Hl35E!I OJEVER LAIE> EVES•#l) Btf£>ree.t } ^t>0 £4"/bUTTi-JLV <SOJVc?L)Rt A«SK T>4DHE k/JOix/s!(14f?EP(JL1 *71.1 BA/JVOit l*JCOURT TOPROVE n-1There.y/tRE,JlJtX&t'.Vrights rwanrtea**' Vet. <i?EAjTLtMe>jOF The. JOR/ IBEEaJ T>f?|v/i J6FIFTEEAJ ^come. VtsIfRn^y!rzzzaih« blinking Woman Prefers Jail toProbation.Companies Post Advances {orOklahoma, Kansas andTexas Oils.DALLAS. Texas, Nov. 8.—TheMagnolia Petroleum company andthe Prairie Oil A C.as Co. today an-nounced the fololwlng increases iothe price of Oklahoma. Kansas andTexas crude oil at the wells to be ef-fective immediately:Kansas crude, $2 per barrel, an in-crease of 60 cents per barrel.Yale. Comanche. Cushing and Dun-can, Okla., crude, $2, an Increase of25 cents per barrel.Healdton, Walters and BeaverCreek, Okla., districts, $1.10, an in-crease of 10 cents per barrel.Corslcana. Texas, light, $1.20, anIncrease of 15 cents per barrel.Corslcana, Texas, heavy. 85 cents,an Increase of 15 cents per barrel.Electra. Burkburnett. Henrietta.Moran, Ranger and Stephens countydistricts. Strawn and Thrall. Texas$2.25, an Increase of 50 cents perbarrel.Mexla. Texas, crude, 75 cents, anIncrease of 15 cents a barrel.These advances were Immediatelymet by the Sinclair C.l company andthe Cosden company.Lovtrft*.TOM FELTS, W. VIRGINIACOAL BOSSES' SLEUTH,SEEKS CONGRESS SEAT(L?tf.SYgrt/zfT%-Bride of Artist His"Most Beautiful."WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.--(By U.P.)—Politicians today had their eyeson the off-year elections. In virtual-1 ly every state, elections of some1 sore were being held.| tectlve family. Felts is opposed by , In Indiana, Lee Shank, the potato- |T. L. Hooker. They are running for selling mayor of indianapolis whothe scat made vacant by the death ofRoger A. James.New York's mayoralty contest, oneof the bitterest in years in u city\*AP drhtittrWILSON MAY ATTENDNOV. 11 CELEBRATIONWASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—FormerPresident Wilson haB made a goodrecovery from his recent setback andprobably will be able to attend theservices in honor of the unknownsoldier at Arlington National Ceme-tery on Armistice Day. his physician,Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, saidtoday.Wilson. Grayson said, is takingdally motor car rides and has attended the theater once since he wasforced to his bed by "a digestive up-set." He Indicated, however, that Ithas not been definitely decidedwhether the former president wouldattend the ceremonies. Inclementweather might make it Impossiblefor him to be present.The Virginia governorship elec- where every election is bitter, liestion and New York city's mayoralty between the present mayor. John F.fight were attracting greatest in- Hylan, a democrat, and Henry H.terest. Curran, a fusion candidate.In the fifth congressional district, Ohio is voting today on a proposalVirginia, the republican candidate is to pay a soldier bonus as a stateTom Felts of the Baldwin-Felts de- ; measure.peddled spuds to the people to bringdown the cost of living some yearsago, is trying to come back. In!Terre Haute, Don Roberts, who Iserved six years in Leavenworth inconnection with election frauds, alsois trying to be elected mayor, and inMuncie, Rollin Bunch, who was con-'vlcted in connection with an allegedswindle Is seeking the mayor'soffice.GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATSUNITE WITH STINNES' PARTYA NEW INDEPENDENTDAILY STARTS SOONBy Federated Press.PARIS, Nov. 8—The German socialdemocrats, the most powerful politi-cal party in Germany, meeting inGoerlltz, Silesia, decided to form acoalition government with theMrs. Ixtretta Llnnell, 8prlngfleld,Mass., club woman, who prefers jailto probation. "Probation," she said,"Is what is meted out to women ofthe gutter, wicked women who havetransgressed the laws of God andman all Ufelr lives. I am not thatkind of a woman." She has entered ;a counter suit for divorce against Deutsche Volkspartel at the head oXher husband, Herbert S. Llnnell, ; which is Stinnes, Germany's combiworld traveler, engineer and club- j nation Rockefeller-8chwab-Gary.man. Mrs. Llnnell spent a month j The resolution came as a total sur-in Jail because she refused ty stay pri8e to everyone outside of the con-away from her husband s home and vention as well as to more than afor refusing to be placed under pro- . few on the lnBide 0f it. Even thebation for a year. I conservative German press wasamazed. For 30 years the social dem-JAILED YOUTHS j ocratic party had held firmly to theti; f f f nrrvnrn famous Erfurter Prosra® refusingILL uiL t, A I jLC L) to enter a coalition with the bour-geois parties. More than that, thesocial democrats had shown a ten-dency toward closer relations withthe Independent socialists.The murder of Erzberger, believedto have been engineered by the reac-tionary right, seemed to have drawnall parties of the left closer to-gether as the huge mass demonstra-tions participated in by majority so-cialists, independents and com-munists alike indicated. Therefore,TODAY'S EVENTSElections for state, county or lo-cal officers will be held todaythroughout a large part of the UnitedStates.In a number of states importantconstitutional amendments or refr-endum measures are to be submittedto the voters.The question of a soldiers' bonuswill be voted on in several states andin New York a vote will be taken onthe proposed veterans' preferencelaw.Virginia will elect a governor andother state officers, and for the firsttime in years the republicans believethey have a chance for victory.Maryland will elect a state comp-By MiriM Pvwa,NEW YORK. Nov. 8.—Jacob Ab-rams, Hyman Lachowsky andSamuel Lipman, who, with the girl,Mollle Steimer, were sent to prisonunder long sentences for protestingagainst United States military Inter-vention In Russia, have arrived atEllis Island from the federal peni-tentiary at Atlanta, after havingserved about two years of their 20-year sentences. Mollle Steimer, whohas been confined in the JeffersonCity, Mo., penitentiary, will also havearrived at Ellis Island within a dayor two of the arrival of the threemen. and they will soon have leftfor Russia under the terms of theirrelease by President Harding.A statement by Harry Weinberger,their attorney, calls attention to thefact that the political prisoners' de-fense and relief committee of 85%Broadway. New York city, which hashandled their case from the begin-ning, is in urgent need of funds toclothe them and to pay their passageto Russia.WAUSAU, Wis., Nov. 8.—The Wau-sau Daily Tribune, an independentdally newspaper, will begin publica-tion here November 4. The paper islaunched by 728 stockholders, mostly jfarmers and working men, with asprinkling of merchants and profes-sional men.The Tribune will use The Feder-ated Press service. It has a GossComet press and three linotypes. A.Trojahn will be editor and E. O.from the Goerlitz convention. Evenamong majority socialists the chargewas made that the executive boardof the party had ^ngln$ered thiscoup toward the right without con-sulting the membership.The organs of the Deutsche Volks-partel declared themselves in favorof the coalition, though it Is hard tosee just how they harmonize theirconstitution with that of themajority socialists. The platform ofthe Deutsche Volkspartel declares itsaim to be the re-establishment of j HILLMAN KKTL'RNINGthe "glorious colors, black, whiteand red." The fact that the parlia- Nh\\ ^ORK, Nov. 8.—Sidney Hill-mentary faction of the Deutsche I man> general president of the Amal-Volkapartei accidently met at Held- I ^mated Clothing Workers of Amer-elberg simultaneously with the con- lca' who hRS becn in Moscow thevention of the social democrats at |last five weeks sceln* at ,lrst hRndGoerlltz was one of those fortunate !the needs and accomplishments of!IS[ tTrs.iau-rcn HiLajaren A. Hiller, who has beencalled the "Whistler of the Camera"because of the remarkable effects hehas becn able to get In photographicSchug manager. George W. Llppert !is president of the board of direc-tors.circumstances that enabled Strese-man to declare to his hearers thathe could answer the question as towhether the Deutsche Volkspartelwas willing to enter a coalition withthe majority socialists with a clear"yes."The independent socialists havestated that this new coalition makesit impossible for them to unite withthe Russian republic, will return toNew York early In November. Acablegram from Mr. Hlllman said hesailed from Rotterdam on October 25.was married to MissSara Anita Plummer, characterizedby her husband as "the most beauti-ful woman I have ever made a pic-ture of." Miss Plummer, who istwenty-four, is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. James Cummings Plummerof Wheeling, W. Va. For the lastthree years she has been secretaryto Charles Dana Gibson, the artist,who, by the way, warmly secondedMr. Hiller's estimate of his wife'spulchritude. It was in Mr. Gibson'sstudio that Mr. Hiller first met MissPlummer. and the acquaintanceshipsoon ripened into love.everyone looked for great things I the majority socialists.POLEOUTRAGELetters to The LeaderL<etteri from readers are welcome. Ttiose of three hundred words orleup have the beat chance of publication. We reserve the right to edit orcondense. The Lender Is to be understood as neither approving nor agree-ing with any opinion here expressed—Editor.HUNDREDS PERISHINGDAILY IN NEAR EAST.'0* TO KAILHOAD MEN.TIT T7r7f rC TT C Beloved: I feel like a want toI UZZLLO U. 5. MILWAUKEE, Nov. 8 -Dr. Wil. liam E. Doughty, associate general.COLLIBpreach you a little sermon on Juice.Juice is sometimes called electricityPnlich FnrrPQ PIhqp Ampriran : 8ecretary of near east relief- recently j by foiks who do not know a betterruiisn rurteb yiUbe mneilOdll returned from a two months' inspec- name for lt and julce i8 the thingOffice in LithuanianCapital.tion of the areas overseas where thenear east relief operates, says con-ditions are so bad now that hun-By Federated Press. j dreds are perishing daily In the Cau-WA8HINGTON, Nov. 8.—Although ' casus from starvation and cholera,the American state department re- ! "During the winter," be said, it isfuses to recognize the existence of certain that this number will be in-which heats up the wires and makesbig headlights in front of the ma-chine in order that the driver maykeep on the straight and narrowpath.Now if a machine has no genera-tor of any sort whatsoever It mustfit from our machine as dong as wetry to run it without a generator tomake juice.JOHN T. COOPER.Checotah, Okla.I Lithuania or the other Baltic states creased by thousands. The victims soon cease to operate, unless it ob- .1 which have made peace with the par- will be not only from the famine tains Juice from some other machine \ ,n J"' J™I--. - - ■ -I—. ..... .•-•which has a generator; and a ma. | carrying out the will of the rank andIX SUl'FOKT 01 HOWAT.At a special meeting of LocalUnion No. 3602 held at Mindenmines,Mo., Thursday, October 27, 1921, thefollowing resolutions were unani-mously adopted:Whereas, Our district president,Alexauder Howat, and Vice PresidentRADIUM WON'T CURECANCER. SAYS MEDICent country, Russia, it is now in a j regions of Armenia, but from theI qtiandary because of Polish outrages | refugee camps in Constantinople, chine without a generator soon be-I against American property In the i Batoum and elsewhere, where the gins to hit on three and then on two,Lithuanian capital, Vllna, now occu- pleasant weather is all that pre- — I pied by Polish troops. The places ofLONDON. Nov. 8.— (By U. P.)—Is business of the Lithuanian Americanraidium, hailed by the medical pro- Trading company, the headquartersfession as a panacea for the deadly of which is in Boston, have beencancerous diseases, a failure? closed by the Poles.It is. according to Sir Thomas A message from the LithuanianParkinson, a noted specialist and Telegraph agency at Kovno recitesphysician to Lloyd George, in an in- that thousands of Lithuanian refu-and soon fails to hit at all, becauseit has no juice. Juice is necessaryif progress is made and a machine,no matter how perfect in otherways, will never get very far with-out a generator to give it life andterview upon his arrival In New eZa-land.It is not. according to other Lon-troll.r and a new legislature, in ad- don Bpect8Uate who t(.rm slrdltlon to many county and local of- rhoraas.s ,totement. • nonsense."*lcerK- i "Radium 1b a failure," Sir ThomasPublic interest in the Kentucky j Raid ..,t |g m), on,y not effectiveelection centers chiefly about effortsto gain control of the legislature,which at present is divided.In New York city, where a mayorand other municipal officials are tobe chosen, it is again a fight betweenTammany and its foes. Mayor Hylan,democrat, is a candidate for re-elec-tion and is opposed by Henry H.as a remedy, but it is dangerous, be-gees arriving there from Vllna held amass meeting and passed resolutionsof protest against the Polish agres-sions which had driven them fromtheir homes. Peaceful measureswere recommended and an appeal forfunds to replace the school confis-cated by the Polish soldiers wasvented wholesale deaths.SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 8.—(By U.P.)—Trial of Roscoe (Fatty) Ar-buckle on a charge of manslaugh-ter today was continued until Mon- HKht*day, November 14. Arbuckle is ac- Organized capital is a machine,cused of having caused the death of "n'1 the capitalist press is the gen-erator, and it is functionizing ingreat shape now. It is moulding theVirginia Rappe at a party in his ho- (tel rooms.Mrs. Upton May HeAdviser at ArmsParley.opinions of the people and the opin-ions of the people furnish the ma-file of the membership of district No.14 as was expressed by our last dis-trict convention, held at Kansas City,Mo., andWhereas. Our national president,John L. Lewis, has sent George L.Peck and Van A. Bittner here to tryto get the rank and file to desert,. ncMTDAI PCTOAlex Howat and August Dorchy who I*. «• btlMlnAL ubloare now in jail for fighting our bat-tle for justice, therefore, be ItResolved, That we condemn theaction taken by John L. Lewis andthe secret meeting held in Pittsburg,Kan., on October 23, when some ofcause its burning effect aggravates, made. The Kovno city council votedinstead of coring disease. Many 50,000 marks for relief of the vic-leadlng surgeons have discarded lt in tims of Polish persecution.favor of X-rays." Another cablegram received by theLithuanian agency here announcesWASHINGTON. Nov. 8.— (By U. | that with the action of Finland thiaP.)—John Wallace Riddle, of Minne- week, all the countries bordering onsota. former ambassndor to Russia, the Baltic have recogniied the Lithu-Curran. the sUindard-bearer of the been chosen ambassador to Ar- anian government. Others givinganti-Tammany forces.Other cities where the municipalelections are of much local import-j ance include San Francisco, Cleve-i land. Cincinnati, Detroit, and In-dianapolis.Convention* Opening Today.St. Louis—National Society ofUnited Daughters of the Confederacy.Savannah — Georgia Federation ofWomen's clubs.Houston — Texas Fraternal Con-gress.Houston—Texas Retail Dry Goodsassociation.Chippewa Falls, Wis. — Wiscon-sin Buttermakers' association.New London, Ct. — ConnecticutCongregational conference.gentlna, accordinghore today.information recognition are Holland, Switzerland,I Italy. Argentina and Mexico.BIRTH CONTROL FROM LABOR'SPOINT OF VIEW TO BE TALKEDHy Federated PiNEW YORK. Nov. 8 -that information enabling parent-"Birth Con- I hood to be voluntary would prevent"l^ook here, doctor, isn't that apretty stiff sum to charge me forthat operation?""My dear sir. consider how muchif It I have to turn over to the gov-ernment."—Life.trol From labor's Point of View"will be the subject of an address byJames Maurer, president of thfPennsylvania Federation of Labor, atthe first American birth control con-ference to be held here on Novem-ber 11, 12 and 13.The coming conference will be theover-population among the verypoor and those who are victims ofpoverty resulting from industrial ex-ploitation and low wages.The principal speaker at the con-ference will he Harold Cox. formermember of the British parliament,editor of the Edinburgh Review anda noted economist. His talk will dealfirst open and public discussion of | with the problem of over-populationthe problem of birth control in the and birth control as a solution. An-history of the country. The advo- other topic to be discussed will becates of repeal of the laws prohibit* that of birth control as a means oftng the dissemination of birth con< reducing the number of inmates introl information have long set forth institutions denendent on the nublicas one of their strongest arguments t for support.MtHa r r iT Vpte-rvchine with power to crush labor at the steam shovel men agreed withevery point. ' Peck and Van Bittner to go to workOrganized labor is a machine but I and thereby breaking the ranks ofalaa, it has no generator and its the strip mines and deep mines tolight has gone out and its spark has 1 the satisfaction of our common en-ceased to Ignite. emy; therefore, be itI have seen more than a hundred Resolved, That Local Union No.rail men within the last thirty days j 3602 is heart and soul with Alexan-who did not even know that labor der Howat and August Dorchy andhad a big daily in Oklahoma which ! ajj 0f old board excepting Thos.would generate enough juice to light j Harvey and hoping the time will beup the whole southwest if they would 1 ghort when John L Lewlg wlll beonly touch the button (which means force(j t0 reinstate them back In theirto get behind the paper with money ol(, pogitlon8i andand subscriptions) and step on thegas.1 am an ex-member of the B. ofWhereas, The miners of ClemensNo. 20, on the Missouri side of thestate line, were the only minersI R. T. myself, and I am sure there and #t a ^ me on ^ aboye' is not a brakeman in Oklahoma who |would not be greatly benefited by... . . go to workreading the Leader every day, and if .everv rail man in the southwest ...... . , , ... ... . n. .. . . mines in Missouri were working andshould see that he and all his neigh- . , .. , . we have pledged our moral and f -bors become readers of the labor ...nanclal support to Alex Howat andthe miners of Kansas, and be itmentioned date voted unanimously towe thought it no usej to stand out while all the rest of thepapers. I^abor should build up agreat press and mould the opinions |of the people as they are now doing furtherin England. ' Revived, That a copy of theseThe supreme test Is out ahead, and j resolutions be sent to our imprisonedit is high time that we awoke out officers, our international president,of our sleep. These two machines L- the Pittsburg Head-" ;nt. the Pittsburg Sun. the Work-Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio,chairman of the women's republicancommittee, who is prominently men-tioned as a possible American wom-an delegate to the coming confer-ence on the limitation of armaments.are matching a race right now whichwill be pulled ofT some time in thenear future, and the one having thebest generator has a great advant-age over the other, lt takes juiceto make light and give life to anymachine.We Just as well make up our mindnow that we can get but little bene-lighers Chronicle of Pittsburg, and theOklahoma Leader.(Signed)CHARLES JOHNSON,JOHN LOFTl'S,WILLIAM KELSO.THOS. M'KISSOCK,Committee.VoU ALWAYS m LESSATCOVERDALE'5CORSETS—Good qualityCorsets forthe mediumfigure—in pink—$1.00Civil Liberties Bureau PointsOut German Treaty HasBeen Passed.By Federated'Press.NEW YORK, Nov. 8.—In a lettercalling attention to his repeated in-timations that amnesty for politicalprisoners would be considered afterpassage of the treaty with Germany,the American Civil Liberties Unionagain has appealed to PresidentHarding for immediate action look*ing to the release of theae men fromfederal prisons.In a telegram, signed by Harry F.Ward, chairman, Norman M. Thomas,Albert DeSilver, Helen PhelpsStokes, Robert Moras Lovett andOswald Garrison Villard, the presi-dent Ib urged to free the 148 politicalprisoners confined in Atlanta,Leavenworth and McNeil's Island,Washington."We Bubmit that the time has longpassed," the telegram says, "whenthe country's interest can justifykeeping in prison American citizenswhose only offense was the expres-sion of their honest opinions on th«war and industrial issei4«. We be-lieve that the generosity and goodwill of the American people wouldapprove Buch action by you whichhas been taken by every foreign gov-ernment In the war and by our owngovernment after preceding wars."ECTSBy Federated Press.NEW YORK. Nov. 8.—That the LW. W. is collecting a fund of ovef$66,000 to reimburse the bond8meufor William D. Haywood and eightother members who forfeited bondsin the Chicago case was revealed ina statement sent by the AmericanCivil Liberties Union to those whohave put up bail in labor and radi-cal cases. At the same time RogerN. Baldwin, director of the Union,sent a letter to William D. Haywoodat Moscow calling his attention tothe failure of those Communists whoarranged his escape from the coun-try to make good on their promise toreimburse his bondsmen.The statement to subscribers to th«bondsmen reads: "Those who haveput up bail money in radical and la-bor cases will be interested to knowthat the I. W. W. organization hasundertaken to reimburse every bonds-man who lost money by the failureof nine of the defendants in theChicago case to return to Leaven-worth to serve their terms. Thosenine men were all out on appealbonds totaling $80,000."BOND ISSUE RIGHTWASHINGTON, Nov. 8.—The inter-state commerce commission todaygranted the application of the NewYork Central Railroad company forauthority to issue $19,500,000 of 6 percent refunding and improvementomrtgage bonds, series B and topledge them with the director gen-eral of railroads as security for ademand note for a like amount.Leader Want Ads—Direct Results.InY^lr< V <V ' .v S